Sarah Palin Threatens John Boehner with Personal Disappointment and Other Economic News

Another tense meeting of some kind. Photo by Pete Souza.Yesterday President Obama met with Congressional leadership—surely his favorite part of his job, if not his outright favorite activity. According to The New York Times, for an hour and 15 minutes—that’s less than half the length of Avatar—Obama, Joe Biden, House Speaker John Boehner and Co. attempted to reach an agreement on a budget deal. And? Republicans “are not budging on their demand that any deal include no tax increases,” and they “rejected proposals to close loopholes or other tax breaks for owners of corporate jets, oil and gas companies and hedge funds,” the Times reports. Democrats would not consent to Medicare and Medicaid cuts, and are “still determined to pursue the boldest package possible.” There was “little progress.” The good news? Mitch McConnell, the Senate Minority Leader, said yesterday in an interview with Fox News, “Nobody is talking about not raising the debt ceiling.”

Nobody is talking about not raising the debt ceiling—specifically, nobody is talking about not raising the debt ceiling in a Newsweek cover story, of which she is for some reason the subject. Sarah Palin, a private citizen who heads a moderately successful Facebook-note cottage industry, preemptively inveighed against House Speaker Boehner on the subject of the debt ceiling. “We have to cut spending,” she said. “It is imperative, and I will be very, very disappointed if Boehner and the leaders of the Republican Party cave on any kind of debt deal in the next couple of months.”

Not so disappointed that she will seek elected office or anything, but you know, quietly stewing.